Museums & History

The Agricultural History Farm Park is open year-round, sunrise to sunset. The park offers a small insight into Montgomery County's farming heritage. There is an original farmhouse, bank barn and various outbuildings. The park has annual events...

You ask "What is Visionary Art?" The AVAM says it "refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself." Unlike...

Make the B&O Railroad Museum your next stop. Take a nostalgic journey into America's past at the oldest continuously operated railroad facility in the world. Five historic buildings, more than 150 pieces of full size equipment on 37 acres,...

BMA features the Cone Collection (20th Century art including Matisse and Picasso and lots more - thanks ladies!), American Paintings and Decorative Arts, European Paintings and Sculpture, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas and Oceania, Modern and...

The Brunswick Heritage Museum tells the story of a town built by the B&O railroad at the turn of the 20th century. Read up on the history of the area, play in the dress-up center and see the miniature trains, which are fully interactive for...

The Calvert Marine Museum is a great day-trip for families in the greater DC metro area. Located in Solomons, Maryland, they have a plethora of hands-on activities for all ages. Kids will learn about all things maritime - from exploring dugout...

The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum depicts life in this small town when it was famous for its amuseument park created by Otto Mears. It was a shoreline resort with railroad service from Washington and Baltimore. The museum houses various...

Visit the Chesapeake Children's Museum where kids can discover the world around them through a variety of exhibits, hands-on activities and outdoor activities. Admission is only $4 for children ages 1 and up and they also offer memberships (basic...

The College Park Aviation Museum is a family-friendly, hidden gem with over 27,000 square feet of interactive exhibits. They tell the story of the College Park Airport, the world's oldest continuously operating airport. Features changing...

Walk the same ground the dinosaurs did millions of years ago and discover the secrets of Maryland's pre-historic past at Dinosaur Park in Laurel, Maryland. The park preserves a rare deposit of fossils from the early Cretaceous period and is...

The mission of the Fire Museum of Maryland is to "collect, preserve, display and interpret historically significant apparatus and related artifacts, memorabilia and records of the fire service of the United States, and to educate the public about...

Hammond-Harwood House is the Jewel of Annapolis, the grandest Colonial house in town, preserved intact since 1774. It was the last project of the renowned architect William Buckland. In addition to its magnificent, perfectly preserved...

Historic St. Mary's City, site of the 4th permanent settlement in British North American is also home to the birthplace of religious toleration and Maryland's first capital. Visitors will see living history and archeology on their visit to this...

The Howard B. Owens Science Center is a 27,500 square foot facility owned and operated by the Prince George's County Public Schools. They offer programs for public schools as well as a variety of other programs for the general public.

Founded in 1960 to save the historic Lloyd Street Synagogue, the Jewish Museum of Maryland bills itself as America's leading museum of regional Jewish history, culture and community. Two galleries present changing exhibits of objects and...

KID Museum in a new kind of museum serving children and families in the Washington, DC area. KID Museum offers unique, interactive experiences for elementary and middle school-aged children that integrate hands-on science, technology, engineering...

The King Dairy Barn was formerly the James & Macie King Farm. Sold to the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) it has become a MOOseum, a dairy museum educating people about dairy farming and more.